Sonja Kraft was born in 1968 in Göttingen. She completed her training as a ladies' costume interpreter from 1998 to 2001 at the Anna-Siemsen-School in Hamburg. Since 2001 she has worked as a costume interpreter at the Hamburg State Opera. She also worked as a costume interpreter and costume designer at various theaters and independent groups such as the Ohnsorg Theater, Hüte und Kostüme Hamburg, Kirschkern und Compes Kindertheater, fokus!Tanzperformance, Aerial Dance Academy, Grone-Schule/Royston Maldoom and Lichthof Hamburg. She teaches various courses for children and adults in textile and theater. Her own two children are theater and of course NATIONAL YOUTH BALLET enthusiasts.